RI fields Taufik in opening match against England<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (Agencies): Indonesia has picked world number three,
\nTaufik Hidayat, for its round-robin match against England at the
\nSudirman Cup mixed team championship in Seville, Spain.<\/p>\n
Taufik will face Michael Edge in the men's singles second-
\nround match preceding the women's doubles between Indonesians
\nDeyana Lomban and Indarti Issoliana against England's Donna
\nKellogg and Gail Emms.<\/p>\n
The third match will feature women's singles Lidya
\nDjaelawidjaja against Julia Mann followed by men's doubles
\npartners Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya against Anthony Clark and
\nNathan Robertson. The final match will feature mixed doubles
\nbetween Bambang Suprianto and Minarti Timur against Simon Archer
\nand Emms. The match will start at 6 p.m. local time (11 p.m.
\nJakarta Time).<\/p>\n
\"Candra has recovered from his stomachache and he's ready to
\nplay tonight,\" head coach Christian Hadinata told The Jakarta
\nPost in a telephone interview from Seville.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Candra complained of feeling sick due to the food.<\/p>\n
\"I hope the players can overcome the pressure and play
\nnormally. However, they must be aware of the English players as
\ntoday is a very decisive match for both countries. The players
\nare prepared for the match.\"<\/p>\n
Separately, England's doubles coach Rexy Mainaky told the Post
\nthat he hoped his players could perform all out.<\/p>\n
\"We are aiming to win today, therefore we have fielded the
\nbest players. I really hope the players can deal with the
\npressure on court,\" said Rexy, who started his coaching career in
\nEngland earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Another match will see dark horse South Korea against underdog
\nSweden.<\/p>\n
On Monday, China and top European team Denmark both swept to
\n5-0 victories on their opening night.<\/p>\n
China, bidding for a fourth title in succession, breezed past
\nSweden while the Danes proved too strong for England as players
\nsweated through temperatures of up to 35 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n
The Chinese were set on their way with Sydney gold medalist
\nmixed doubles partners Zhang Jun and Gao Ling who beat Frederik
\nBergstrom and Jenny Karlsson 15-5, 15-10.<\/p>\n
Reuters reported that men's singles champion Ji Xinpeng was
\nmade to work hard for a while before overcoming Indonesian-born
\nGeorge Rimarcdi 15-6, 8-15, 15-2 and then Gong Zhichao, another
\nSydney winner, outlasted Marina Andrievskaya 11-9, 11-7.<\/p>\n
In the other top match, Denmark's world champion Camilla
\nMartin beat England's Tracey Hallam 11-3, 11-2 to clinch a 3-0
\nwinning lead.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Martin's fiance Peter Gade Christensen had an easy
\n15-2, 15-3 win over Mark Constable after a victory by Jens
\nEriksen and Mette Schojoldager in a tense mixed doubles against
\nRobertson and Kellogg set the Danes on their way.<\/p>\n
Kellogg collected a yellow card near the end for shuttle
\nabuse, the first woman to get one at such a high profile
\ntournament since a new disciplinary code was introduced in
\nFebruary.<\/p>\n
It was a testing time for all concerned with temperatures in
\nthe streets outside the stadium nudging 40 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n
The winners from the two three-strong elite groups will meet
\neach other at Saturday's final with the bottom teams playing each
\nother for the right to stay in division one.<\/p>\n
In group three, All England titleholder Pullela Gopichand of
\nIndia warmed up for next week's individual world championships
\nwith a 17-16 15-3 win over Richard Vaughan of Wales, the world
\nnumber 10.<\/p>\n
\"It's hot, said the victorious Indian. \"But since I am from
\nIndia it's a little better for us. I think Richard was getting
\ntired.\" (yan)<\/p>",
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